transition

English

Noun

Singular transition

Plural {{{1}}}

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1. the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another
2. a word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another
3. (music) a brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes
4. (genetics) a point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion
5. (some sports) a change from defense to attack, or attack to defense
6. (medicine) the onset of the final stage of childbirth

Translations

process of change from one form, state, style or place to another

Czech: přechod m. Dutch: overgang m. Finnish: siirtyminen, muutos, siirtymä

Norwegian: overgang m. Portuguese: transição f.

word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another

brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes

point mutation

change from defense to attack, or attack to defense

onset of the final stage of childbirth

Finnish: siirtymä

Usage notes

In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next. Contrast with transfer which is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school.

Verb

Infinitive to transition

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to transition (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. () To make a transition.

Related terms

• transit
• transitional
• transitionary
• transitionist
• transition element
• transition metal

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